Improvement in seed-planters



* UNITED STATES ATENT. Fries.

J. F. BEGKWITH AND A. G. GAGE, OF SOUTH ALABAMA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22,617, dated January 18, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES F. BEOKWITH and ADIN G. GAGE, of South Alabama, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in the arrangement and employment of the several parts, which will be hereinafter described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a view of a wheel and its attachment to the machine.

A A represent the main frame-work of the machine, which is bolted together at each corner, and to this frame-work are bolted the handles I I, also the thills K K, which are repre sented as broken in the drawings.

B B are the seed-hoppers, under which pass the slides G 0, receiving the grain from the center of the hoppers, and when drawn back discharge the same through the backward hole. The slides are attached to the curvilinear acting bar by means of pins secured to the barl).

E is a spring which serves to throw the bar D forward, and consequently the slides O 0, when the force which draws them out is removed. This force may be applied by the hand at M, Fig. 2, or by the lever F, Fig. 1, which is operated upon by the spokes of the wheel H.

G G is a connectingrod uniting the lever M and the bar D. By shutting the hand with the fingers at M the connecting-rod G acts directly upon the bar D, which also acts directly upon the seed-slides U 0, moving them backward for discharging the seed, which falls into a furrow made by the tooth 0, Fig. 2, and is structed as to render cloggingimpossible. At war a weight may be attached, if necessary, in hard ground. The construction of the scraper is such that the weight, when attached, acts upon thelcver principle, making a small weight sufficient.

H H are wheels, one having three and the other four spokes, so that by changing the wheels when the lever F is attached the distance between the hills in the rows may be varied.

t z is the axle-tree for the wheels, which may be raised or lowered to accommodate the furrowing-tooth to different soils, said axle-trees being secured in slotted end pieces, which admit of their being raised or lowered. The curvilinear acting bar D is fastened to the main frame by butts placed on the under edge at each end and middle.

The dotted points on the frame A A designate the movability ofthe seed-hoppers to plant at ditierent-distances apart. In the bottom of the hoppers and over the slides are bristles or brushes to prevent the breaking of the seed or clogging of the slots. To vary the quantity of seed the slides are to be changed, also for different kinds.

The, hoppers, the furrowing-teeth, the discharge-spout, and the coverers are all secured together in such a manner that by changing the position of one all are changed at once upon the frame A A, and the change thus made does not affect the operation of the machine.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the tooth O, (lischarge- I spout z, covcrers J, hoppers B B, frame-pieces AA, lever F, and bar D, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein fully set forth.

J. F. BEOKWITH. A. Gr. GAGE.

lVitnesses:

O. W. 0001:, WM. HoPPEoK.

W. H. BELL.

Primer for Fire-Arm.

'No. 22,618. Patented Jan. 18. 1859.

N. PETERS, FHQTO-LITMOGRAPH'ER, WASHINGTON, D c. 

